The Game Of Their Lives
February 23rd, 2007 by Jennine
In 1950, the World Cup Federation invited the US to play against the best in the world. Considering that there was no National League this was quite a surprise at the time. The Game Of Their Lives looks at this period from a St Louis biased point of view.
Trials were conducted for selection between players from St Louis and New York. Both sides had different styles of play which needed to be adapted and both sides had their own leader who they followed. Attitudes had to change to make the team work and for them to actually become a team.
In a trial game against the English seconds squad (players that didn’t make the official World Cup Squad) they take a huge drumming, which apparently inspires them for the Wold Cup. For the actual World Cup, they aren’t ranked at all and the odds on them winning were so astronomical that no one could bet on them.
The problem I had with this movie is that it is so fast paced, a bit like the formation of the squad. As it was trying to cram so much information into a movie shorter than 120 minutes, you don’t get an opportunity to care about the players, the game or if they win or lose.
This could have been an interesting and riveting story, but due to time constraints you might as well give it a miss.
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